特朗普总统在3月发布行政令，试图通过建立国家选民名单来控制邮政服务向谁发放邮寄选票[1]。该举措随即引发多起诉讼，相关案件已上诉至美国最高法院[1]。与此同时，邮政服务的处理变更导致选票送达延迟问题日益凸显，引起民主党官员和选举官员的广泛担忧。
加州在6月初选中拒绝了超14.8万张选票，其中63%因迟到而被拒[1]。威斯康星州在4月选举中也出现数百张选票迟到的情况[1]。面对这些延误，多个州的选举官员开始建议选民避免邮寄投票，加州州预算中拨款1000万美元用于社媒宣传和其他措施来阻止最后一刻的邮寄投票[1]。密歇根州在8月4日初选已发出超200万张缺席选票[1]。
美国邮政工人工会主席乔纳森·史密斯表示："我们想保护邮寄投票。为什么？因为它有效。"[1]工会坚决反对特朗普的计划。不过，2024年美国邮政服务监察长办公室的报告显示，邮政服务处理的5900多万张选票中97.3%按时送达[1]，与部分地区出现的延误情况形成对比。
President Trump signed an executive order in March aimed at establishing a national voter list to guide decisions by the U.S. Postal Service regarding who receives mail-in ballots [1]. The directive has sparked multiple lawsuits, with cases now appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court [1].
Concerns about mail ballot delays have surfaced across multiple states during the election cycle. California rejected more than 148,000 ballots in its June primary election, with 63 percent discarded due to late arrival [1]. Wisconsin similarly experienced hundreds of late ballots during its April election [1]. In response, California allocated $10 million in its state budget for social media campaigns and other measures to discourage last-minute mail voting [1]. Democratic officials have expressed worry about the Postal Service's efficiency during the midterms, and election officials in multiple states are now recommending voters avoid mailing ballots [1].
However, data from the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General's office for 2024 indicates that 97.3 percent of more than 59 million ballots processed were delivered on time [1]. Jonathan Smith, president of the American Postal Workers Union, stated: "We want to protect mail voting. Why? Because it works" [1], as the union opposes Trump's plan [1]. Meanwhile, Michigan had already sent out more than 2 million absentee ballots by its August 4 primary [1].